LIFESTYLE
Post Cuffing ERA, this is A phase of desperation where singletons scramble for dates like there’s no tomorrow
Clearing season is a term coined by Vice to describe the phase where come January, singles are desperate and anxious to be in a relationship or to hook-up. New Year, New Love Life seems to be a mantra that is fast catching on and with Valentine’s Day soon to follow, this period clearly sees a spike in dating both on and offline. We asked experts to tell us if this is just a phenomenon abroad or will also finds takers back home.
The need to partner with someone before Valentine’s Day, drives many singles up the wall. Family and friends, don’t make things easy when they question you about your single status at family functions like weddings, making the person crave company, they may not always needs. Clinical psychologist Seema Hingorrany, explains, “Clearing season is definitely not just limited to the West. It’s also a trend here. I see many singles, who are trying their best to hookup in the month of January as they want to have someone by their side on February 14. I can see the desperation that leads to anxiety. In the quest to find that perfect match, they will go the distance, registering on different dating sites and trying different avenues to find a date with the right partner.”
The fallout when things go south is obviously an intense feeling of loneliness and rejection. Seema believes that instant gratification does more harm than good, as in a bid to get into the coupledom mode many end up with the wrong partner.
What’s the weather got to do with it? If that’s what you are trying to wrap your head on. Well, psychiatrist Dr Hemant Mittal, has an explanation. He says, “Clearing season is directly proportional to the weather. SAD or seasonal affective depression, a depression happens when you are deprived of sunlight, which is clearly the case in winter. As SAD kicks in, we experience a higher amount of loneliness and sadness. This prompts the person to desperately look for a short-term relationship.”
Hemant adds, “In more warmer parts of the country, clearing season is more related to Valentine’s Day approaching, and not wanting to be alone or without love in that season. It’s a big motivator for singles trying to find a short-term relationship.”
Most of these relationships are shallow and short-term. For any relationship to work, there needs to be understanding offline, rather than online. That takes at least six months of understanding each other.
Most of these relationships will terminate between March-July. The work pressures, study pressures, summers holidays and summer put a lot of strain on such relationships.
If you are getting into it just for a short-term gain, you are conditioning your mind to run away from long-term relationships, so, it’s important to do a self-analysis.
If you are getting into this due to loneliness or sadness, better to get counselling. As such behaviour will create negative relationship patterns in the future.
If you are getting into this to find a great long-term relationship, then it’s important to keep things together till October-November. Then you can make a good judgment of how the relationship is panning out.
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